Catholic Church

Westminster prepares for 490 new Catholics

more than 400 people took part in the rite of election at westminster cathedral earlier this month. at masses presided over by cardinal vinc...
David Oldroyd-Bolt

A Scottish saint goes under the microscope

part of st margaret of scotland’s shoulder bone has been removed from its reliquary by archaeologists seeking to find out more about the lif...
Nick Drainey

Why Catholics and Mormons are setting aside their differences

russell nelson, president of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (lds), visited the vatican last week and met pope francis. afte...
Christopher R. Altieri

World News: from Chicago to Christchurch

washington, dc highest honour for catholic soldier killed in iraq a catholic soldier will be posthumously awarded the medal of honor, the un...
The Catholic Herald

The week ahead: Annunciation, evangelisation, papal peregrination

monday the 25th is the feast of the annunciation, marking the archangel gabriel’s message to our lady, and her acceptance: “be it done unto ...
The Catholic Herald

Overlooked: German bishops to discuss morality

what happened? cardinal reinhard marx has announced that the german church will start a “synodal process” to discuss – along with priestly c...
The Catholic Herald

The big story: Cardinal Danneels dies aged 85

what happened? cardinal godfried danneels, for years one of the dominant figures in european catholicism, has died aged 85 in his hometown o...
The Catholic Herald

This crisis of faith calls for action

a priest recently made a request for prayers on twitter. “pray for one of my older parishioners who has just died,” he wrote. “she said she ...
The Catholic Herald

Chaput to college students: Following God's will is the answer to our dark times

there’s a scene in the middle of the lord of the rings, a fantasy series written by catholic author j.r.r. tolkien, where the quest to destr...
Catholic News Agency

Cardinal DiNardo discharged from hospital after mild stroke

cardinal daniel dinardo of galveston-houston has been released from the hospital, following a mild stroke last week, his archdiocese announc...
Catholic News Agency